Description:
The module will analyse:
- International environmental law: main international legal instruments, new developments such as the right to a healthy environment, climate change litigation and the rights of nature.
- International criminal law: evolution, jurisdiction, international crimes, and the mandate of the ICC.
- International human rights law: evolution, main legal instruments, mechanisms of protection of human rights at the international and regional level, with specific regard to the Inter-American and European systems.
- A focus will be provided on inequality (intersectional discrimination), gender and international law (countering violence against women, reproductive health), and on migration issues.
- Attention will be paid to current issues of international law.
Programme: The course is among the activities that characterise the Global studies and European Union studies curricula of the Master in Comparative International Relations. Degree Programme (DM270). The course provides 6 out of 12 ECTS of the whole Internatioanl Law Advanced Course
Course Timing: 2nd Semester
ECTS: 6 – 12
More information
- Language of instruction & proficiency:
- Admission requirements: Module I is required for all students.
- Enrolment process & deadlines:
- Date: See related study programme
- Staff/Teachers: Sara DE VIDO
- Related Connected Community: Working with university students for inclusion, solidarity and citizen participation in the EU
